Work Papers and Other Backup Documentation

Item 3 - May 16, 2012

Discussion and possible action to make preliminary determinations and give direction to the City Manager regarding the following matters: financial policies governing debt service coverage ratio; capital projects debt-to-equity funding ratios; reserve fund policies; interim revenue options; general fund transfer levels and calculation methodology, other transfers, and payments for shared services; distributed generation and energy efficiency goals; the design and funding of low-income customer assistance programs; budget reduction options; line extension and new service charges; revenue regulation and decoupling; cost-of-service methodologies for allocating costs among customer classes; rates for specific customer classes, including faith-based, community, and not-for-profit organizations, school districts, industrial users, and out-of-city ratepayers; rate design for distributed solar and energy efficiency goals; allocation of off-system wholesale power sale revenues; connection and disconnection fees; other Austin Energy revenue requirements not addressed in prior work sessions; fixed charges and alternatives; inverted block rate structures; bundled rate plans for low-use customers; the components and calculation methodology for the fuel charge; phasing options for the implementation of rate increases; potential rate impacts from Generation Plan updates; the total utility revenue requirement to be recovered through the revised rates; and the rate design and structure to be brought back to Council for final consideration and action.